Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-10-25


Bow ID Can BE Made Never-TaiIing
Source of Income.
Conductcd vita intelligence, poultry
keeping on the farm becomes one of
tho most remunorative branches OF
farming. To the farmer the expense
u trifling, and taking into considera-
lion the fresh eggs and spring chickens
furnished the table the year around, It
Is the keepers fault II his fowls do not
pay their way in these two items alone,
nnd afford a handsome profit besides
1t is difficult TO determine which is
tle most profitable breed for the farm.
While tho smaller breeds are the
greater egg producers and the smaller
consumers. many OF them are useless
for the table, the spring chickens
Bring an inferior price, and the
,owls, when marketed. amount 10 very
little. On the other hand, among tho
larger breeds, we find some excellent
layers with carcasses weighing at
maturity from six to ten pounds, whilc
spring chickens from thesg breeds
Bring the highest price. The farmer
who wishes to improve his flock Of
native hens, can do SO in no better
way than by crossing them with one
of these large breeds. The least ex-
peusive way to do this Is to order a
sitting Of eggs from some reliable
breeder Of pure -blooded fowls. Do
not grudge the money expended for
the sitting, but repeat the expenditure
as often as every two years. Ii your
neighbor has gone TO the trouble and
expense of improving his flock in this
way. please do not ask hlm to ex-
change eggs with you. tHI
Winter feeding should have egg-pro-
duction for its object, and here is one
Of the tests of the successful poultry
keeper. He does not fail 10 make his
hens declare dividend in the winter
time. To insure this, there mustbe
liborality and variety in feeding, will
plenty TO drink. Corn alone will not
do it. There is hardly q farm or gar
den product Of which fowls are mol
fond. Remember that with them
variety is the spice Of life" Feed
them as soon as they descend from
their perches. Feed them at noon,
when confined, and meyer omit the
nightly ration Of corn. as upon this
slowly digested article Of diet they
largely depend for warmth through
the night. He is simple farmer who
will she'll his corn for his hens. Le
them shell 1t themselvea They neet
exercise. The buster you can Keel
them, the better. Ono reason WHY
fowls pluck each others feathers anC
get into mischief generally is because
they are allowed to sit around an'
and stand around with nothing TO do
Eggs are largely composed of water
therefore provide plenty Of pure drink
and do not imagine that hens will no
drink much. Just watch them. Ihi
matter Of watering is of the creates
Importance II we would have eggs II
tho winter. and yetit is o matter gross
ly overlooked. and about which peo
pie display great ignorance. 10
much emphasis can not be given II
Fowls running at large through tn
summer need no feeding They ar
the .scavengcr5 of tho farm" an
will pick up their own living. FeeC
young chicks upon wet corn meal
A warm house is the first requisit
10 success. It Is tho same with poul
try on the farm as with other stock
warm quarters make less food needed
II YOU have no comfortable house
provide one. Fifty hens will pay for
iifty-dollar house in one year. Aim fc
warmth with thorough ventilation
i Lath aud plastor 1t, as there are the
no hiding places for the lice. Do nt
nut ventilation in the roof. Place
at the floor, where the. heavy vitiate
b. mir settles, and make 1t capable Of b.
!. inc closed during the day Use c.
ment floor IL Is easily cleaned. an
rats can not penetrate through
Disease is often the result OF owe
crowding, without proper attention
10 cleanliness, ventilation, drink an
diet. Remedy this neglect and "
remedy the disease. Since ''an oun'
of prevention Is worth n pound
cure" let us give our fowls proper a
tention, and so not be obliged to reso
TO drugs. ,rrra. Ia r..
j To mako the market give us d
greatest prices, there must be wint
eggs and early chickens. The great
our stock Of these the greater o
profit. Farmers lose money by wa
ing until the first cold weather al
then rushing their poultry :
= 10 market All stock which
not to be carried over shou
be marketed before autumn. The
may bo profit, but fail TO hear I
poetry, in the noise of goose, turk
/, and duck. / prefer TO preserve I
J quiet of my home from any such "co
fusion of tongues" believing, too, tn
IL farm is TO be stocked with all {
poultry Il can carry, there is quito
much profit in a stock Of hens alone.
Farmers can not pay mortgages
give a collegiate education to tn
q children, etc, from their poultry
come, but they do not know what tn
can do until they treat their fowls w
intelligence and humanity, and ke
, an account of their income from u
source. Women who would learn
4 pleasures of Independence, can do
in no easier, and no moro health
way, than by taxing into their o
hands the management of tho poul
|, ON tho farm. .n-Jbaaie L. Digelo'c,
H. Ohio Farmer
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